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Alis Ekmekci

Assistant Professor

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Institute for Aerospace Studies

4925 Dufferin Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3H 5T6

Tel: (416)667-7855
Fax: (416)667-7799
E-mail: ekmekci@utias.utoronto.ca


Refereed Journal Publications 

J.1.   Ekmekci, A. and Rockwell, D., “Self-Sustained Oscillations of Shear Flow Past a Slotted Plate Coupled
        with Cavity Resonance”, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Volume 17, Issue 8, pp.1237-1245,
        2003. [pdf]

J.2.   Dong, S. and Karniadakis, G. E., Ekmekci, A. and Rockwell, D., “A Combined DNS-PIV Study of the 
        Turbulent Near Wake”
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Volume 569, pp. 185-207, 2006. [pdf]

J.3.   Ekmekci, A. and Rockwell, D., “Oscillation of Shallow Flow Past a Cavity: Resonant Coupling with a 
        Gravity Wave”, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Volume 23, Issue 6, pp. 809-838, 2007. [pdf]

J.4.   Ekmekci, A. and Rockwell, D., “Effects of a Geometrical Surface Disturbance on Flow past a Circular
        Cylinder: A large Scale Spanwise Wire”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Volume: 665, pp. 120-157, 2010. [Download]

J.5.   Ekmekci, A. and Rockwell, D., “Control of Flow past a Circular Cylinder via a Spanwise Surface Wire:   
        Effect of the Wire Scale”, Experiments in Fluids, Volume: 51, Number: 3, pp. 753-769, 2011. [Download]

Refereed Conference Publications

C.1.   Alis Ekmekci, Donald Rockwell, “Organized Oscillations of Flow Past a Slotted Plate Coupled with 
         Resonance of a Bounding Cavity”, Division of Fluid Dynamics 56th Annual Meeting of American Physical 
         Society
, East Rutherford, New Jersey, FM.004, 2003. [Abstract]

C.2.   Alis Ekmekci and Donald Rockwell, “Modification of the Wake of a Cylinder: Effect of Small Amplitude
         Surface Perturbation”, Division of Fluid Dynamics 58th Annual Meeting of American Physical Society,
         Chicago, Illinois, AN.005, 2005. [Abstract]

C.3.   Alis Ekmekci and Donald Rockwell, “Control of the Near-Wake of a Cylinder: Effect of a Spanwise Wire”,
         Division of Fluid Dynamics 59th Annual Meeting of American Physical Society
, Tampa Bay, Florida,
         EO.00006, 2006. [Abstract]


C.4.   Alis Ekmekci and Donald Rockwell, "Flow Control via a Single Spanwise Wire on the Surface of a Stationary 
         Cylinder", Division of Fluid Dynamics 60th Annual Meeting of American Physical Society, Salt Lake City,
         Utah, JT.00005, 2007. [Abstract]

C.5.   Alis Ekmekci and Donald Rockwell, "Control of Flow past a Stationary Circular Cylinder: Effects of a Single
         Straight Wire and a System of Helical Wires", 62nd Annual Meeting of American Physical Society,
         Minneapolis, Minnesota, MU.00001, 2009. [Abstract

C.6.   Tayfun Aydin, Thomas Veitch and Alis Ekmekci, "Control of the Near-Wake of a Forced-Oscillating Cylinder
         via a Straight Surface Wire", 62nd Annual Meeting of American Physical Society,
         Minneapolis, Minnesota, MU.00003, 2009. [Abstract]

C.7.   Alis Ekmekci and Donald Rockwell, "Control of Flow past a Circular Cylinder via a Spanwise Surface Wire:
         Effect of the Scale of the Wire", AIAA Paper 2010-917, 48th
AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, 
         Florida, 2010.

C.8.   Tayfun Aydin, Adam Blackmore and Alis Ekmekci, "Design of an End Plate to Promote Quasi-Two-
         Dimensionality in the Near Wake of a Circular Cylinder", 63rd Annual Meeting of American Physical
         Society
, Long Beach, California, 2010.

C.9.   Adam Blackmore, Tayfun Aydin and Alis Ekmekci, "Horseshoe Vortex Dynamics in Cylinder-Wall and
         Cylinder-Endplate Junctions", 63rd Annual Meeting of American Physical Society, Long Beach, California,
         2010.

C.10. Antrix Joshi, Tayfun Aydin, Eric Khoury, Armina Andriasian and Alis Ekmekci, "Oblique and Parallel Vortex 
         Shedding in the Wake of a Circular Cylinder at Subcritical Flow Regime", 64rd Annual Meeting of American
         Physical Society
, Baltimore, Maryland, 2011. 

C.11. Tayfun Aydin, Adam Blackmore and Alis Ekmekci, "A Case Study of Horseshoe Vortex Dynamics at Laminar and 
        Turbulent Junction Flows", 64rd Annual Meeting of American Physical Society, Baltimore, Maryland, 2011.

C.12. Alis Ekmekci, Tayfun Aydin and Antrix Joshi, "On the Control of Flow past a Circular Cylinder through a Single 
        Spanwise Protrusion", 10th International Conference on Flow-Induced Vibration, Dublin, Ireland, paper accepted, 
        2012
.

Non-Refereed Technical Reports and Conference Posters

T.1.   Alis Ekmekci, Charles Merkle, “Computational Modeling of a Cryogenic Turbopump”, Purdue University, 
        Annual Report to NASA, 2007. [pdf]

T.2.   Ekmekci, A., “Control of the Near-Wake of a Circular Cylinder: Effects of Surface Disturbances”, Ph.D. 
        dissertation, the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Lehigh University, USA, 2006.

T.3.   Alis Ekmekci and Donald Rockwell, “Flow Past a Circular Cylinder: Effects of a Small Amplitude Surface 
         Disturbance”, Division of Fluid Dynamics 59th Annual Meeting of American Physical Society, Tampa Bay,
         Florida, Poster No. 7, DFD06, 2006.

T.4.   Alis Ekmekci and Donald Rockwell, “Oscillations of Shallow Flow Past a Cavity: Resonant Coupling with a 
         Gravity Wave”, Division of Fluid Dynamics 59th Annual Meeting of American Physical Society, Tampa Bay,
         Florida, Poster No. 6, DFD06, 2006.

T.5.   Ekmekci, A. and Rockwell, D., “Self-Excited Oscillations of Free- and Bounded-Shear Flow Past a Resonant 
        Cavity”, the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Lehigh University, Fluid Mechanics 
        Laboratory Report FM 0201, 2002.

T.6.   Ekmekci, A., “Self-Excited Oscillations of Free- and Bounded- Shear Flow Past a Resonant Cavity”, M.S. 
        thesis, the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Lehigh University, USA, 2003.

T.7.   Ekmekci, A., “Optimal Design of Dynamic Vibration Absorbers for Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Systems under 
        Multi-Frequency Excitation”, B.S. thesis, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul Technical 
        University, Turkey, 2000.

Patents

P.1.   Ekmekci, A. and Rockwell, D., Lehigh University, “Control Method of Vortex Formation from a Circular 
         Cylinder”, provisional patent, 2006. [Marketing Abstract]





 



 

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